How's the weather in Yucatan: Riviera Maya, Playa del Carmen, Cancun, Merida, etc? What's the average temperature in Yucatan: Riviera Maya, Playa del Carmen, Cancun, Merida, etc?
Wade Yarchan - Yucatan Beach Homes
Most people say that Yucatan is hot. Merida can be really stifling. In the city itself, the temperature could go to 115 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit during the summer. May is our hottest month. April and May at the beaches of Yucatan would be really stifling as well. We have experienced 105 to 110 degrees but we always have the breezes here in Yucatan, so the weather is incredible.
I come from Florida and we expected a pretty smooth transition, thinking that it’s going to be...
Most people say that Yucatan is hot. Merida can be really stifling. In the city itself, the temperature could go to 115 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit during the summer. May is our hottest month. April and May at the beaches of Yucatan would be really stifling as well. We have experienced 105 to 110 degrees but we always have the breezes here in Yucatan, so the weather is incredible.
I come from Florida and we expected a pretty smooth transition, thinking that it’s going to be a little hotter in Mexico and it is, but it is far more comfortable here. I love Sarasota, Florida on the Gold Coast just a little south of Tampa. We had beautiful winters but we also had frost and freezes. We had some really cold weather sometimes.
You spend one winter in Mexico and compare it to where you are from, and it’s going to be really tough to go back. It’s just beautiful every day. The rainy seasons can get a little tough here because the humidity levels rise, but most of the time, you could walk around here. We visited Florida last year in July, and I have lived in Florida for 30 years so I am pretty acclimated. We went out of our condo at 10 AM, and went down at the first floor. I was under cover talking to somebody. After 15 minutes, I had to go back and change my shirt. I have never done that here in Yucatan. There are always nice breezes here so it is comfortable. It is hot, you have to acclimate yourself to it, but the winters here are amazing and the summers, I think, are fantastic.
What's it like to live in Corozal? How’s the lifestyle?
Jennifer Bellerjeau - Cerros Beach Resort
I like Corozal District best of all because it is closest to Mexico so if you want anything you can just go up over to Mexico and be in a First World Country and drive yourself crazy if you want to.
But overall, Corozal is very quiet. It is seaside so it is very beautiful and the people who live here are very nice and helpful. There are plenty of things to do for expats here in Corozal. There are dart games, card games, a Rotary Club, Women’s Club,...
I like Corozal District best of all because it is closest to Mexico so if you want anything you can just go up over to Mexico and be in a First World Country and drive yourself crazy if you want to.
But overall, Corozal is very quiet. It is seaside so it is very beautiful and the people who live here are very nice and helpful. There are plenty of things to do for expats here in Corozal. There are dart games, card games, a Rotary Club, Women’s Club, Men’s Club, etc., but if you want to, you can also have a quiet life.
What do I need to know about living overseas and retiring abroad?
kevin obrien - BarefootPanama
The best advice I can give about living overseas or retiring abroad is, if you want things to be like the way they are at home, then do not leave home.
For example, Panama is a lot different from where I come from and from where most people are from. When you go to Panama, you have to get used to the culture. For instance, the fact that there is not a lot of emphasis on education does not mean that the people of Panama are bad. For instance,throwing...
The best advice I can give about living overseas or retiring abroad is, if you want things to be like the way they are at home, then do not leave home.
For example, Panama is a lot different from where I come from and from where most people are from. When you go to Panama, you have to get used to the culture. For instance, the fact that there is not a lot of emphasis on education does not mean that the people of Panama are bad. For instance,throwing trash just out the window is a common practice here because it is not embedded in their education system to do otherwise.
From the perspective of a foreigner, some of the decisions and practices here in Panama are just plain shocking. People cry about it but nothing is going to change. As an example, there was actually one person who decided that taking the trash bins out of Casco Viejo was a good idea. So right now, what everybody does with their trash is throw it on the street; the street of a world heritage site! Yes, they pile up the trash in neat piles on the corners of the streets of a world heritage site. That happens because some person of authority thought it to be a good idea to remove the trash bins in Casco Viejo. You may think that being a person of authority, he wouldn’t have made that decision, but that is not how things work here. I guess being able to adjust to where you are living is a huge part of moving away.
(Fountain in Casco Viejo, Panama City, Panama, pictured. )
How is David, Chiriqui Province, Panama cost of living compared to Boquete, Chiriqui Province?
tigrss4235
Unless you are comfortable in hot and sticky heat, you will need to run an air conditioner in David and many areas near by. Some months the air conditioning might be needed both night and day.
The cost of electricity is pretty high and should be factored in.
Also, most places are not insulated, roof nor walls, and so the kind of energy efficiency you would get in many States is missing. Windows are for the most part louvered.
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Unless you are comfortable in hot and sticky heat, you will need to run an air conditioner in David and many areas near by. Some months the air conditioning might be needed both night and day.
The cost of electricity is pretty high and should be factored in.
Also, most places are not insulated, roof nor walls, and so the kind of energy efficiency you would get in many States is missing. Windows are for the most part louvered.
(Pictured: rainbow over some homes in David, Panama.)
What's the food like in the markets in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua?
Lance Moss - Surfari Charters
As far as street meat from roadside vendors, I always stay away from that, but San Juan del Sur’s got some awesome restaurants. There are really good restaurants up and down the beach and even back in the city as well. Definitely, if you went there for a week you could eat at different restaurants every single meal and have awesome meals the whole time.
As for us here in Popoyo, we do a lot of our grocery shopping in Managua, which is a little bit...
As far as street meat from roadside vendors, I always stay away from that, but San Juan del Sur’s got some awesome restaurants. There are really good restaurants up and down the beach and even back in the city as well. Definitely, if you went there for a week you could eat at different restaurants every single meal and have awesome meals the whole time.
As for us here in Popoyo, we do a lot of our grocery shopping in Managua, which is a little bit closer. There are really good and really big grocery stores in Managua. There’s a Price Mart there and we’re just about to get our first Wal-Mart in November, which is going to be crazy, so we’re coming out of the Third World a little bit.
Where we live, we’re farther away from the Pan-American Highway and don’t have paved roads all the way out here yet. We’re just near the airport that just got done. We can take a different road to Managua but if you came in from the southern part there are the new paved roads that go almost the entire way to us. When we’re going north to Managua we take another dirt road for about 17 miles before we get onto the Pan-American. We’re about 2 and a half hours from Managua and I’d say San Juan is probably close to the same but they have paved roads always so it’s farther but we get there in about the same timeframe.
We do buy some stuff locally. We are in business so there are trucks that come out here, like a vegetable truck or a rum truck, a beer truck, and a water truck. There’s local “pupuserias” that sell small items. But most of the time if you’re living out here you have to do certain things in the capital city so it kind of works out to go to Managua and do big buys there and bring your items back home. Alternatively, you can get local items in Rivas, and San Juan del Sur has it’s own grocery store there and it’s a little bit more of a city. But we generally buy our stuff in Managua and bring it out here.
Carol Bartlett Ribeiro - Carol Bartlett Ribeiro, Property Consultant
Yes, it safe to drink the water in Portugal in most areas. Sometimes, if you’re out in country houses, a lot of people will have their own wells and then they say not to drink the water or they’re just fine because people will have their well water filtered.
A lot of people buy bottled water, but, I, for example, drink from the tap. It depends on how you respond, but on average, it’s fine.
(Ancient Roman...
Yes, it safe to drink the water in Portugal in most areas. Sometimes, if you’re out in country houses, a lot of people will have their own wells and then they say not to drink the water or they’re just fine because people will have their well water filtered.
A lot of people buy bottled water, but, I, for example, drink from the tap. It depends on how you respond, but on average, it’s fine.
(Ancient Roman aqueduct near Tomar, Portugal, pictured.)
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